Rail-joint.



PATENTED NOV. 20, 19.06.

R. M. LYNN.

RAIL JOINT.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 13,1906.

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RAIL-JOINT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 20, 1906.

Application filed September 13, 1906. Serial No. 334,493.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, ROBERT M. LYNN, a

citizen of the United States of America, re- 1 siding at Wilkinsburg, inthe county of Al 3 legheny and State of Pennsylvania, have in ventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Rail-Joints, of which thefollowing is a specification, reference being bad. therein to theaccompanying drawings.

This invention relates to rail-joints; and its object is to provide asimple, effective, and durable joint without the employment of the usualbolts and. nuts.

The construction of the improvement will be fully described hereinafterin connection with the accompanying drawings, which form a part of thisspecification, and its novel features will be clearly defined in theappended claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view'in perspective of the meeting endsof two railwayrails constructed in accordance with my in vention, therails being shown separated; and Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical sectionshowing the two rails joined.

The reference-numeral 1. designates the tread of one of the rails, theend of which is cut away, a portion of the web 2 at the end of the railbeing also removed. The meeting rail 3 has the lower portion of the weba cut away for a distance equal to the length of the projecting cut-awayweb 2 of the opposite rail.

The rail 3 is provided on either side with integral oppositely-disposedsplice-bars 5 and l 6, the web portions 7 of which are adapted to fitunder the tread of the adjacent rail, while the base portions 8 of saidspliced bars overlap the base of the adjoining rail.

, As shown in Fig. 2, the web 2- fits below j the web 4. of the rail jposing end faces 9 of the two rails together. j The improvementconstructed as above l described affords an effective and durable ljoint and adapts the rails to be readily, con nected without the use ofbolts and nuts and l permits them also to be readily disconnected whennecessary. l Having fully described my invention, what I claim, anddesire to secure by Letters Pat- 1 ent, is

1. The combination with a railway-rail having its web and tread cut awayat one end, of a meeting rail having integral splicej bars overlappingthe web and base of the other rail and having its web cut away to jreceive the web of the adjacent rail.

2. In a rail-joint, the combination with a rail having its tread. and aportion of its web cut away at one end, of a meeting rail having its webcut away to receive the web of the other rail, and oppositely-disposedsplicebars formed integral with said meeting rail to overlap the web andbase of the other rail.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

ROBERT M. LYNN.

Witnesses H. C. EVERT, MAX H. SRoLovrrz.

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